Sun and Microsoft understand how important it is to deliver and support integrated end-to-end solutions that provide unparalleled value to our customers. Sun is a Windows Server OEM and Sun Systems products are Windows Catalog-certified and optimized to run Microsoft applications. What's more, new certifications including, Sun Infrastructure Solution for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, improve support for clustering and help optimize the performance of Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft SQL Server.
Sun-Microsoft Technology Collaboration
Opportunities
Sun is committed to ensuring interoperability and
effectiveness with Microsoft across all our products
and solutions. The Sun-Microsoft partnership continues
to grow in strength, with a joint agreement to focus
on our synergies in key areas:
Microsoft's work with Sun's Java Virtual Machine, ensuring that Java will work everywhere
Enhanced interoperability of .NET and Java
Increased integration in Systems Management, Directory/Identity and Web Services/SOA
Goals
Sun and Microsoft have also identified three opportunities for greater collaboration and synergy:
SOA and Identity
ILM
Windows-on-Sun and enterprise management
Better Together
From the Datacenter to the Developer, find out how Sun enables interoperability with Microsoft, now.
Sun Net Talk: Sun Delivers Microsoft Interoperability Year 3
See the latest deliverables from the three-year Sun/Microsoft interoperability partnership and how they can mean greater integration for your enterprise systems. Tune into this Sun Net Talk Webcast to hear Sun CTO Greg Papadopoulos and other leaders outline new Sun/Microsoft compatibility.
See how Sun's Infrastructure Solution for Microsoft Exchange can reduce your cost per mailbox and lower the TCO of your email infrastructure by 70% over 3 years.
Better Web Single Sign-On Through Improved Product Interoperability
Sun Microsystems and Microsoft have taken the first steps towards improving interoperability for customers using Liberty and WS-* web service architectures with the joint development of two draft specifications for web single sign-on interoperability. These new specifications will ultimately enable browser-based web single sign-on between security domains that use Liberty ID-FF and WS-Federation.
